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It may be worth asking teachers in Baltimore City charter schools how they feel about Gov. Larry Hogan's proposed charter expansion legislation ("Senate panel rewrites Hogan's charter school law," March 26). The majority of charter school teachers I know are opposed to Mr. Hogan's package. Maryland purportedly has the "most restrictive charter law" in the country — as if that's a bad thing. Many of us beg to differ. Originally, charter schools were the brainchild of American Federation of Teachers leader Albert Shanker, who saw charters as laboratories, designed and run by teachers, to serve as grounds for innovation that could be...

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It may be worth asking teachers in Baltimore City charter schools how they feel about Gov. Larry Hogan's proposed charter expansion legislation ("Senate panel rewrites Hogan's charter school law," March 26).
The majority of charter school...

A former Chicago charter schools executive is earning $250,000 a year to spearhead Gov. Bruce Rauner's top education initiatives, a salary that is more than double what her predecessors received and places her as the highest-paid member of a Cabinet...

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner is defending the $250,000 salary for a former Chicago charter schools executive who's spearheading his top education initiatives. Education secretary Beth Purvis is making more than double what her predecessors received. She's...

Bruce Rauner's voice boomed across the beer garden at Schooner's, a blue-collar Bloomington watering hole known for its king-size pork tenderloin sandwiches that could feed a family of four.
"Look, I'm not a politician, I'm a business guy,"...

Clusters of children without their required vaccinations in about 200 Illinois schools are raising the chances of school-based outbreaks of serious preventable diseases such as measles and whooping cough, a Tribune analysis of state data has found.
The...

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If you judge by a prestigious federal award program, it very well might.
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